Arrest made in connection with alleged racist attack on Sterling

Great Manchester Police (GMP) has made an arrest following reports Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling was attacked prior to Saturday's Premier League match versus Tottenham.

It was reported in the wake of City's 4-1 triumph over Spurs, in which Sterling scored twice, that England star Sterling had been kicked and had racial slurs directed towards him in an altercation outside the club's training base

GMP were made aware of an incident, which is being treated as a hate crime, on Clayton Lane on Monday and arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of racially aggravated assault the following day.